Indonesia sees tourism fall after Bali attacks
Afp, Jakarta
Foreign tourist arrivals to Indonesia fell to 332,445 in May, down 3.33 percent compared to a year earlier led by slowing arrivals in Bali, the Central Bureau of Statistics said Monday. The fall comes as the resort island of Bali -- the archipelago nation's top tourism drawcard -- is struggling to attract tourists after a triple suicide bombing there by Islamic extremists last October killed 20 bystanders. The May figure was however 0.89 percent up on April's arrivals. In Bali alone, arrivals fell to 107,678, down 12.26 percent on a year ago. The figure was also down from 109,701 arrivals in April, the bureau said in a report. It said the average hotel occupancy rate in 10 main tourist destinations declined to 44.19 percent in April from 44.98 percent in March.
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